We compared Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and LogRhythm SIEM based on our users' reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Fortinet FortiAnalyzer features exceptional log collection capabilities and customizable reporting. FortiAnalyzer enables users to centrally manage and analyze logs in real time. Users praised LogRhythm SIEM for its user-friendly centralized dashboard, strong integration capabilities, and event-filtering capabilities. LogRhythm SIEM has the potential to improve its SOAR and NDR features, platform stability, and MDI integration. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could simplify its reporting module and cloud storage capabilities. LogRhythm users requested expanded log storage, better load balancing, and streamlined search capabilities.
Service and Support: Some Fortinet customers were dissatisfied with support, but others said it was helpful and responsive. LogRhythm SIEM was generally praised for its helpful and knowledgeable support, although there have been occasional delays and knowledge problems.
Ease of Deployment: FortiAnalyzer's initial setup is uncomplicated and manageable, typically taking approximately 30 minutes to a few hours. Some IT knowledge may be required. LogRhythm SIEM's setup is considered to be straightforward. However, it is more time-consuming and complex for enterprise deployments involving multiple components or vendors, and users often require assistance from professional services or LogRhythm-certified engineers.
Pricing: While FortiAnalyzer isn't the most expensive option, users say the pricing could be more competitive. FortiAnalyzer's cost depends on the storage requirements, and many customers consider it reasonable. LogRhythm SIEM’s license typically includes all elements. However, enterprise customers may encounter complexities related to additional features and add-ons.
ROI: FortiAnalyzer helps customers by providing insight into network traffic and speeding up issue resolution. LogRhythm SIEM has proven to be highly valuable, delivering a significant ROI by reducing the mean time to detect and respond.
"The most valuable is its robust and comprehensive reporting functionality, providing a thorough overview of various metrics."
"It is easy to integrate Fortinet FortiAnalyzer with other products. You have a better overview of what's going on."
"It has a simplified and user-friendly interface."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We use the solution for enterprise firewalls, URL filtering, and SD-WAN."
"Support is helpful."
"The anti-virus protection it offers our clients is solid."
"There are customizable workflows that you can work with. You can automate certain tasks in FortiAnaylzer in the incidents and events sections."
"I would rate the product a ten out of ten. The solution is very user-friendly and straightforward. The tool's report customization is interesting."
"The most valuable features would be the automation, reporting, and the support."
"Their customer support is friendly and willing to help."
"SOAR is integrated with the dashboard that we use for threat management. Because it's all integrated, it is useful for us when we deploy something on-prem."
"LogRhythm has increased productivity because all the tools that we need are in the web UI, allowing us to find threats on our network fast and efficiently."
"Our clients enjoy having one dashboard to monitor their environments in real time."
"It gives us insight into our entire installation, where we are multiple sites, going as far as the East Coast to the Central West Coast."
"The feature that makes it usable is the web interface."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer needs to have more out-of-the-box connectors for integration with other solutions."
"The only issue that I can see is with the cost. For example, if you buy support for one year, you are messed up next year. It's better to buy another gateway."
"Feature-wise, it is working very well for us. We don't need any additional features. However, its pricing can be improved. For small business customers, price is an important factor."
"It should have customized reports as well. While it currently has them, you need to write a script which is not straightforward."
"We are concerned about the compliance of our policy and institutional philosophy."
"The upgradation process is slow"
"The setup of the solution can be improved because it is currently complex."
"Pricing should be about 10-20% lower."
"We've tried to work with a couple of engineering department guys there. We've called them and called them but we never hear anything back."
"I would like to see more integration with more products that are out there within the same security field."
"One thing we have mentioned to them before is that we'd like to be able to do searches, or drill-downs, directly from an alarm. When you click it and the Inspector tab slides out, that might be a good place to be able to click the host to search for the last 24 hours. I know the search is right there but it would be even nicer to just click that and then have an option to search something there."
"I would like to see case management become more independent from LogRhythm itself."
"We would like to see more things out of the console into the web UI. I guess this is what they are doing in 7.4."
"In the next release, I would certainly like to see more HIPAA compliance. I would also like to see more integration with Palo Alto Networks, particularly their Traps, which is their endpoint solution."
"I would really love to be able to take some of the data and not have to export it to a CSV file, so I can pull it into Excel to turn it into some other kind of graph."
"More help and assistance with some of the open source products, everything seems to be focused on Windows versus giving some guidance and some documentation on how to use it."
Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 8th in Log Management with 85 reviews while LogRhythm SIEM is ranked 7th in Log Management with 166 reviews. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0, while LogRhythm SIEM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "We can automate event-based handling solutions, is stable, and is great for heavy traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of LogRhythm SIEM writes "The solution reduced our investigation time from days to hours and assists in managing our workflows". Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, Grafana Loki and Datadog, whereas LogRhythm SIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, Wazuh and Elastic Security. See our Fortinet FortiAnalyzer vs. LogRhythm SIEM report.
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